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encode en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈkəʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪnˈkoʊd/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code English encode From en- + code.

Meanings

  1. An encoding operation.
    • When each encode is finished a notification will appear on your screen to let you know it's completed […] 2017, Tom Wolsky, From iMovie to Final Cut Pro X: Making the Creative Leap, page 378:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
encodes Number=Plur lexicographic

encode en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈkəʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪnˈkoʊd/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code English encode From en- + code.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
    • encode a secret message to be sent
  2. (transitive) To convert source information into another form.
    • The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes. 2012, Ben Masters, Noughties:
  3. To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
    • Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John and Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
encoding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
encoded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
encoded Tense=Past lexicographic
encodes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

decrypt · decode · decipher

Coordinates

transcode · recipher · recode

Deriveds

encoding · unencode · misencode · encoder · reencoder · percent-encode · encodable · encodement · encodability · re-encode

Relateds

code · codec

Synonyms

encrypt · encipher

Translations (36)

it codificare (genetics) · el κωδικογραφώ (to convert plain text into code) · hu kódol (genetics) · hu sifríroz (to convert source information into another form) · es codificar (to convert source information into another form) · fr coder (genetics) · hu kódol (to convert plain text into code) · pt codificar (genetics) · vi mã hóa (to convert plain text into code) · ro codifica (to convert plain text into code) · sv koda (to convert plain text into code) · es codificar (genetics) · hu kódol (to convert source information into another form) · bg кодирам (to convert plain text into code) · fi koodata (to convert plain text into code) · fi koodata (to convert source information into another form) · ka დაშიფვრა (to convert plain text into code) · da kode (to convert plain text into code) · vi chuyển mã (to convert source information into another form) · fr encoder (genetics) · hu titkosírásba áttesz (to convert source information into another form) · ka კოდირება (to convert plain text into code) · cs zakódovat (to convert plain text into code) · pt codificar (to convert plain text into code) · kk шифрлау (to convert plain text into code) · nl coderen (to convert source information into another form) · ja エンコードする (to convert source information into another form) · da indkode (to convert source information into another form) · da kode (to convert source information into another form) · ja 暗号化する (to convert plain text into code) · el κωδικοποιώ (to convert plain text into code) · da indkode (to convert plain text into code) · hu rejtjelez (to convert source information into another form) · es codificar (to convert plain text into code) · mi whakawaehere (to convert plain text into code) · hu bekódol (to convert source information into another form)